Glóðafeykir
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Glóðafeykir rises to 873 m. Jökulfjall stands 1,408 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Blönduhlíðarfjall, a peak 1.2 miles away. Ring Road passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
Glóðafeykir is a mountain in eastern Skagafjörður, Iceland in the middle of the Blönduhlíð mountain range, directly opposite Varmahlíð. Its shape is gabled and it is rather striking. The mountain is rocky towards the top, but is still fairly easy to hike. Glóðafeykir, also often called Feykir or Feykirinn, is 910 meters tall. Deep valleys run through the Tröllaskagi mountain range on both sides of Glóðafeykir: Flugumýrardalur valley to the north and Dalsdalur valley to the south. Two farms are located at the base of the mountain, Flugumýri to the north and Djúpidalur at the mouth of Dalsdalur. Sources say that, in the summer of 1551, Helga Sigurðardóttir, a mistress of Bishop Jón Arason, hid in a tent in the Húsgilsdrag hollow behind Glóðafeykir from soldiers that the Danish King had sent to Hólar. The Glóðafeykir Youth Association (Ungmennafélagið Glóðafeykir), was named after the mountain and operated in Akrahreppur from the early 20th century until 1995. The local newspaper, Feykir, is also named after the mountain.
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Wikidata Q27006592, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 873 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Ring Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bólugilsfoss · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blönduhlíðarfjall: 1.2 mi
- Tungufjall: 1.6 mi
- Hjaltastaðafjall: 2.3 mi
- Akraöxl: 2.9 mi
- Tungufjall: 3.9 mi
- Hólar: 12.1 mi
- Auðunarstofa: 12.2 mi
- Skagafjörður: 15.0 mi
- Ernan (skipsflak): 15.6 mi
- Hannesarskjól: 16.6 mi
- Reykjafoss: 6.2 mi
- Bólugilsfoss: 8.2 mi
- Háaleitisfoss: 15.1 mi
- Ingjaldsfossar: 16.0 mi
- Holárfoss: 23.9 mi
- Stephan G. Stephansson: 7.7 mi
- Tyrfingsstadir á Kjálka: 13.1 mi
- Tungufell: 19.2 mi
- Fosslaug: 6.2 mi
- Biskupagarður: 12.1 mi
- Gvendarbrunnur: 12.1 mi
- Hraun í Öxnadal: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Glóðafeykir. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jökulfjall | ENE 68° | 1,408 m | 13.2 mi |
| Péturhnjúkur | ENE 59° | 1,406 m | 14.5 mi |
| Gíslahnjúkur | ENE 70° | 1,308 m | 14.4 mi |
| Eiríkshnjúkur | ENE 60° | 1,305 m | 15.1 mi |
| Lambárhnjúkur | ENE 70° | 1,282 m | 5.3 mi |
| Sandárhnjúkur | E 80° | 1,274 m | 13.1 mi |
| Grasárdalshnjúkur | NE 46° | 1,264 m | 5.4 mi |
| Víkingsfjall | ESE 104° | 1,251 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:25 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 01:47 | 22:11 | 00:52 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:15 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 11:41 | — | 14:50 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4356628676
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